Jumblatt from Damascus: Emphasis on developing Lebanese-Syrian relations and supporting Syria’s sovereignty, stability, and unity

The Progressive Socialist Party’s Media Commission announced in a statement that “former Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblatt visited Syria, where he met Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa in the presence of Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani and the Syrian Embassy in Lebanon’s chargé d’affaires, Iyad al-Hazzah. He was accompanied on the visit by Democratic Gathering MPs Wael Abu Faour and Hadi Abou al-Hassan, as well as PSP official Khodr al-Ghadban.

The meeting served as an occasion to reaffirm the following constants:

First: improving and developing Lebanese-Syrian relations by the official authorities in both countries, in a way that serves shared interests, opens broad economic and political horizons, and strengthens their stability and sovereignty, especially after the fall of the era of tutelage, with which the theories of minority alliances also collapsed. We now need an objective approach that takes into account that Syria is a country to which we are bound by ties of history, geography, and belonging, and which offers Lebanon many opportunities and possibilities.

Second: supporting the stability and sovereignty of the Lebanese state—efforts that require the backing of all of Lebanon’s brothers and friends, foremost among them the Syrian state.

Third: affirming Syria’s unity in all its communities and regions, and undertaking all necessary initiatives to reassure the concerns of all components of the Syrian people. This requires addressing the painful wounds of the past and releasing those detainees who remain, which has long been a demand championed by the Progressive Socialist Party and one for which it has worked, through the necessity of holding all perpetrators accountable, thereby opening a path to reconciliation on the basis of accountability and justice. This was also affirmed by the trilateral roadmap announced in the Jordanian capital, Amman, in addition to opening the door to development, securing services, and protecting religious shrines.”